OK, I know our gracious, well-spoken president would never use the words I used in the title of this diary, but I sure wish he would!!! This little "game" republican pols are playing is RIDICULOUS!! Absolutely nothing is getting accomplished!! No scratch that, something is getting accomplished:
Jan 16, 2009
Hertz To Cut Over 4,000 Jobs Worldwide
Jan 24, 2009
Starbucks May Cut Another 1,000 Jobs
Jan 26, 2009
Home Depot Layoffs: Will Cut 7,000 Jobs, Closing Expo Chain
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS that's what's happening!
And meanwhile, repbubs are playing games. ("Red light Green Light"? "Freeze Tag"? "It"? or is it, "look how hard I fought the President and Dems on this bill...vote for me next time around" game?) Whatever it is, it needs to stop. Americans cannot afford this childish bullshit!
President Obama, while I applaud his bipartisan efforts, unfortunately he's dealing with a bunch of sore loser, big ass babies who have the nerve to take the "our way or the highway" stance when they HAVE no power to make any demands what-so-ever!
So why is President Obama working so hard to appease them? I mean, don't get me wrong because I believe in President O and fully support him, but I think enough is enough with this crap. He's allowed repubs to thin out this stimulus bill so much that the much needed programs have been either completely eliminated or funding has been significantly reduced. Programs that were at the forefront of the President's platform.
Sure he's not going to get everything he wants in there...and neither should they. (That's compromise). But it comes a point when the Pres needs to step back and look at the balance of the scales...Repubs have no weight. We should compromise as much as possible without compromising what the majority of the American people want and need...and that OBVIOUSLY isn't what the repubs can provide. (They had their chance for the past 8 years and produced nothing but a pile of shit for the next administration to clean up).
Time for President O to remind them again..."I won!" and tell them if they don't like it...STFU!!